Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchA Nation Wrestles With God: American Prophets, Philosophers, and Firebrands
Spanning more than 400 years of spiritual transformation and imagination, A Nation Wrestles With God (Restless Books, 2026) collects diverse writers…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Mubanga Kalimamukwento, "The Shipikisha Club" (Cassava Republic Press, 2026)
Episode 1927
Kabwe, Zambia: Sali, a working mother of three, stands trial for the murder of her husband, Kasunga. The prosecutor claims Sali shot him after a heat…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Tom Lin, "Babylon, South Dakota" (Little Brown and Co, 2026)
Episode 1926
When Saul Keng Hsiu and his wife, Mei Lee, move from China to the United States to take possession of a 160-acre homestead bequeathed to them by a di…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Ellen Prentiss Campbell, "Vanishing Point" (Apprentice House Press, 2026)
Episode 1925
Beginning in the 1880s and spanning three generations through the 1980s, Vanishing Point (Apprentice House Press, 2026) explores the life and family …
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Lucas L. Johnson II, "Remembering Roots: How an American Classic Transformed the World" (Broadleaf Books, 2026)
Episode 1924
As we approach the 50th anniversaries of Alex Haley’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Roots (1976) and its landmark television adaptation (1977), journa…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Stef Ferrari, "Pining for You" (Simon & Schuster, 2026)
Episode 1923
In Pining for You (Simon & Schuster, 2026) the classic Hallmark holiday movie gets turned upside down when a teen leaves her small-town Christmas tre…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Jonathan Swift and David Womersley ed., "Gulliver's Travels: Cambridge Anniversary Edition" (Cambridge UP, 2026)
Episode 1922
Gulliver's Travels is one of the landmarks of world literature. Gulliver's adventures with the tiny but spirited Lilliputians, the giant inhabitants …
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Téa Obreht, "Sunrise" (Random House, 2026)
Episode 1921
In 2024, Nina’s small-engine plane crashes into a lake in the Wyoming mountains. Her boyfriend Ben, who was flying it, is nowhere to be found. Lost a…
1 month, 4 weeks ago
Darlene Madott, "Closing Ceremonies and Dying Times" (Guernica Editions, 2026)
Episode 1920
In this NBN episode, host Hollay Ghadery speaks with retired lawyer and award-winning author of 10 books, Darlene Madott about her new book, Closing …
2 months ago
Rebecca Ruth Gould, "Strangers" (Serving House Books, 2025)
Episode 1919
In this episode, Rebecca Ruth Gould, Distinguished Professor, Comparative Poetics & Global Politics at SOAS University of London, and University of…
2 months ago